Article holder for pockets



P. S. ZONTOS.

ARTICLE HOLDER FOR POCKETS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1922.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

INVENTORIV can sA* ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF T DEMOSXELARAS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 19 22.

Application filed January 3, 1922. Serial No. 526,836.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known thatl, PETERS. ZONTOS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St Louis, Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Article Holders forPockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichis appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to devices of the kind that'are adaptedto bearranged on the inside of a garment pocket toretain or hold an articlein the pocket.

The object of the invention is to provide a device o-fltho characterreferred to that is inconspicuous, inexpensive to manufacture and ofsuch design that it can be used for holding a number of pencils or pens,or can be used for preventing a notebook or pocketbook from dropping outof the pocket ofa garment.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view of an article holding devicefor pockets constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2-is a front elevational view of said device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a coat, illustrating my improvedarticle holding device arranged in the breast pocket of the coat.

Figure 5 is a top plan view, illustrating the device used for retaininga notebook in a garment pocket.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the device,

illustrating it used for retaining apocket- ,book in agarment pocket;

Figures 7 and 8 are top plan views, illustrating other forms ofmyinvention; and

9 is a sectional view similar to another way of conof the device thatempocket in Figure Figure 3, illustrating structing the portionbraces'the edge portion ofthe which the device is arranged.

My improved article holding device consists of a horizontally disposedmember A of bar like form in general outline formed from a narrow stripof metal and adapted to be arranged on the inside of a pockettransversely of the pocket, a hook-shaped portion B on the member .Athat is adapted to embrace the upper edge portion of the st antiallyfront wall or front side of the pocket inside of which the member A isarranged, laterally-projecting arms atthe opposite ends of the member Athat project inwardly from the front wall or front side of the pocket,or, in other words, towards the body of the person wearing the arment,and a resilient or flexible element-l5 connected to the arms G andarranged parallel to and at the rear side of the member A, as shown inFigure 1. The member A, the hook-shaped portion B and the arms G of thedevice are integrally connected together and are preferably formed froma sheet metal stamping that is I light in weight, compact andinexpensive to manufacture, the hook-shaped portion B being, s0proportioned and designed that the member A will be positioned on theinside of the pocket in close proximity to the upper end of the pocket,as illustrated in broken lines in Figure 4. If desired, the member A,canbe curved slightly in cross section,

as shown in Figure 3, so as to impart relation to the member A. Theelement D may either consist of an endless band of rubber stretchedbetween the arms C, as shownin Figures 1, 5 and 6, it ma consist of ,acoiled spring D, as shown in igure 7, or it may consist of a corrugatedor fluted element D as shown in Figure 8.

If the device is tobe used for retaining one or more lead pencils, pensor the like, the pencils are inserted between the element 'D and themember A, as shown in Figure 1,

and force downwardly into the pocket of the garment in which the deviceis arranged, the pressure which the element. exerts on the encils beirisufficient to prevent the penci s from facci entally falling out of thepocket. As the member A is of subthe same length as the width of thedevice will accommodate a the pocket thus overcoming number of pencilsor pens,

. the necessity of equipping each pencil or pen with an individualholding device, as is now the universal practice.

While the device is particularly adapted vfor use in holding pens andpencils in operative position in the breast pocket of a mans coat, it isnot limited to this use, but is capable of being used for retaining anotebook or the like in operative position in a pocket. Thus, asillustrated in Figure 5, the device can be used for retaininga notebookwhich is inserted in a pocket in such a way that it lies between themember A and the flexible element D'of the device, the pressure whichsaid element D exerts on the notebook insuring its remaining inoperative position.

Instead of inserting the notebook'betweenthe member A and the element Dof the de-- vice, the notebook can be inserted between the element D andthe rear wall or rear'side' of'the pocket, in which event the element Dserves 'to clamp the'notebook against the rear side of the pocket. Stillanother way of using the device is to insert the article to be heldinside of the pocket in such a way that the element D of the deviceextends transversely across the upper end of the article, as shown inFigure 6, wherein the article to be held consists of a pocketbook.

In the form of my invention illustrated in Figure -7 the resilient orflexible element of the device that clamps the article to be held I,that embraces the upper edge portion of the pocket inside of which thedevice is arranged may be constructed in various ways without departingfrom the spirit of.my invention.

' It may consist either of a straight hook, as

shown in Figure 3, that extends downwardly over the upper edge portionof the pocket, or it may consistof a hook B provided with a reverse bandor upturnedportion 2, as

shown in Figure 9, that has some resiliency s0.as to insure its firmlygrippin the fabric.

that constitute the front side 0 in which thedevice is arranged. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by. Letters Patent is: 4 v

1. An article holding device for pockets consisting ofahorizontallydisposed member adapted to be arranged on thezinside of athe pocket pocket in proximity to the upper end of the I pocket andformed from a narrow strip of at rear" wardly projecting arms, a part onsaid member that is adaptedto'embrace the upper edge portion of thepocket and retain said member in operative position below'the upper edgeofthe pocketand a retaining ele ment arranged parallel-to said-memberand connected to the arms at the ends of said member. v

2. An article holding device consisting of a horizontally disposedmember formed from a narrow sheet metal stamping and provided with anupwardly projecting por-' tion that is adapted to embrace'the upper edgeportion of the pocket in'which said member is arranged and also providedat its ends with integral arms, and a retaining element arranged at therear side of said member in parallel relation to same and con- I nectedto-the arms on said member. I

3. An article holding device for pockets consisting of a horizontallydisposed sheet metal member of bar like form adapted to be arranged onthe inside of a pocket below the upper edge of same, a hook-shapedportion on said" member for embracing the upper edge of the pocket,rearwardly' projecting arms arranged at the ends bf said member,

and a resilie t element arranged at the rear side ofthe said member inparallel relation to same and connected to said arms.

4;. An articleholding device for pockets, consisting of a sheet metalmember of bar like form adapted to be arranged horizontally on theinside of a pocket below the upper edge of same, means on said memberfor.

retaining it in operative position in the "pocket, arms on said memberequipped with eyes, and a flexible retaining element with the eyes'onsame, said member belng curved slightly 1n transverse cross section.

, 5. An article retaining device for pockets 6.'An-article holdingdevice for pockets consisting of 'a horizontally-disposed bar likemember constructed from a' narrow piece of sheet metal and providedintermediate its ends with an integral, hook-shaped portion and providedat lts extreme ends with integral, rearwardly-projecting arms equippedwith eyes, a resilient elementarranged at the rear side of said'memberand connected at its ends to the eyes on said arms, and a -resilientextension on'said hooks'haped portion, forthe pur osedescribed.

' PETER ZQNTOS-- stretched between said arms and engaged

